New Email Address: proff11@powerc.net and I have higher speed ISP!! No more dialup! Hurray!!
I happened across enough Thomson Ball Bushings to do 20 Instant Z Axis units so if you want the smoothness and accuracy of a Z with these bushings, they are $185 until they are gone.(July 28, 2010-10 left!) then it is back to the Copper/Iron bushings for $165. Shipping is still $12.00 Priority or $14.00 if you order a spindle AND an Instant Z together.
My email is proff11@powerc.net , and I do take PayPal now.
The brass casing spindles are gone so it's back to steel casings and aluminum pulleys. I wish I could afford to keep making them with brass as everyone loves the vintage appearance, but the realities of life are that if I had not gotten the brass for almost nothing in a swap, I could not have afforded to manufacture them in that manner.
02/11/10-I STILL have a bunch of stuff to get rid of for reasonable prices,please don't ask me to test anything that I don't understand, I blew up a perfectly good function generator trying to test things for a prospective customer.
p>NEW! Professionally made L297/298 bipolar chopper boards available from Phil Moore at www.pminmo.com , etched, silkscreened and ready to be stuffed and soldered. 8 bucks each plus shipping ($3.50 for 3)
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L297's and L298's for sale at Jameco Electronics, reasonably good prices!!!
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01/28/09 -Phil Moore has his PCB milling site up and running at www.millpcbs.com
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My good friends at Lutz Machinery are putting up a much better website soon, here is the link:>Lutz Machinery
Lutz is THE premier source for diecutting plates, honeycombs and heaters for the packaging industry. No, seriously, I go down there a lot and Hank (the owner) knows almost everything there is to know about such things. Nice shop!
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Hank at Lutz Machinery is also selling a couple of pieces of equipment that he doesn't use any more or ? for whatever reason. One is a BIG Brown & Sharpe VMC that could be easily adapted to Mach3 and Gecko's. Big Ball Screws and DC servo motors are already in place on the X and Y's.
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He is asking $6000.00 but he would probably take $5000.00. Email him at lutzmachinery@powerc.net or call him at 520-417-9210.
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A couple of years ago I sold an Instant Z Axis to Fred Smith at IMService. At the time, I expressed some concern with selling to him, and explained to him that I didn't want to get my design knocked off. His reply was"I would never do that!" He said he wanted to see if I could make them for him to sell. Needless to say, I never heard another word from him. Imagine my suprise when one of my customers sent me this link to Fred's website:Fred's Z Axis
It's not the competition I mind, it's the LYING.
Of course, he is a big company with expensive lawyers and I am just a little guy running a one man operation, so,(sarcasm coming up here) he has every right to do whatever he can get away with.
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01/28/09-The Moog/Hydrapoint worked out very well, for what I use it for. I am driving it with Gecko 201's and Dancam/Danplot.
I bought a Bridgeport Interact 04/05/09 and gutted the electronics out of it. Replaced them with Gecko 201's and old SloSyn's, works great.Let's see if I have a picture......
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My 16 year old daughter Beckly is in the picture for scale, and because she is such a ham.
Here's a picture of the new setup for grinding PCB cutters, I started getting problems with the old setup; not suprising after 3500 cutters over 10 years with a temporary rig. I replaced the cast iron-on-steel bearing with two huge ball-type bearings and replaced the old cheap deltron slide with a brand new heavy Micron slide. I also redid the motor mounts, belt, and leadnut mount. (see pic's of old unit in Things I have built link.) Guards and covers removed for clarity, by the way.
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Instant Leadnuts for almost any design. 1/2"-10 Acme RH thread,Drill/ream a hole and pop it in. Lock it with a setscrew on the side or from the end with a 1/4-20 screw. $15.00 Ea. plus shipping. LH available on request.
The 3Speed Spindle
Still only $90.00 plus shipping!( and it's AC or DC 110V).
More New Stuff! 3Speed PCB Spindle Adapter for Sherline!
Coming Soon: Adapter to mount a Sherline Milling Head to a Taig Milling Machine Body!
UPDATE: The pins are hardened, ground, and ready to be assembled to the adapters See pic's below for grinder shots, And yes, that is a lead brick on top of the grinder headstock....
I am running off a small run of a very heavy duty adapter for Taig dovetails, I may sell these on a regular basis if there is any interest.
DISCAIMER: Neither Taig Tools nor Sherline endorses the use of my adapters for accessories on their machines, but I do have their permission to make these adapters, as I was careful not to make anything without asking both of them.
INFORMATION: I spoke to Cliff at Taig Tools at some length and he has redesigned the Taig Spindle for ER type collets. I use ER's on the Monster CNC and I can say that they make life a lot easier when changing tooling. I can also say that for a man who has as much knowledge and experience as Cliff has, he is not pompous or condescending at all.
NEW! Taig Mill Adapters for the PCB Spindle! $15.00 plus $5.00 shipping.
Here you can see that the holder can mount vertically.......
Or horizontally.
NEW!Check "Freebies" for L297/298 design.Plus, L6506 Chopper add-on board is here! Layout on freebies page!
Alloy Steel flex coupler, 1/4" -3/8", $10.00 EA. plus shipping. Buy 3, ship for free.
Universal Wood Router Holder. Available in Aluminum or Steel. See link below. Note: The extrusion I was buying for the aluminum router holder is all gone, so I am re-tooling for a similar design using flat stock. The price will stay the same.
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I had a couple of inquiries about a 4th axis setup that I had built about 7 years ago for making machine dials and rotary stamping dies.If you want to see it, look in the link for Things I have Built or RE-Built, you may find them interesting.
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Things I have Built or RE-Built, you may find them interesting.
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At this time I DO take PayPal although with some reservations.My PayPal account is proff11@powerc.net,Please do NOT send me money without contacting me first!!!
In September 2000, Ticonderoga Machine and Welding was destroyed by a fire. Mr. Andreassen, the owner, was the one who got me started in this business and was, when we weren't fighting like cats and dogs, the only real father figure I ever had. I went back to work for him and supervised the rebuilding of his shop.
In the picture above, I am suggesting a solution immediately after the fire.